Furniture.



E. OPNSTRANDA FURNITURE.

APPLlcAsoN rlLED MAY l. w13.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

35 "in-this instance, being made of sheet metal UNITED sTATEs' PATENToEEicE. f

ENOCH OHNSTRAND, OF-SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO U. S. STEELFURNITURE COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORKNA CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1s, 1916.

' Application filed May 7, 1913. Serial No. 766,051.

To allwlwm z't may concern:

Be it known that LENOCH OHNSTRAND, of Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondagaand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement linFurniture,

which improvement is' fully set forth in the following specification andshown in the accompanying drawings. A

The present invention relates to furniture and more particularly to themanner of fastening the legs of furniture to the bodies, an object ofthis invention being'to provide a construction whiclr'will permit thefurniture legs to be made from sheet metal.

To those and other ends Athe invention consistsin certain parts andlcombinations of parts all-of which will be hereinafter described,the'novel features being pointed out in the appendediclaims.

`In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section through atable'constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is anenlarged vertical section through one ofthe legs and the parts to whichit is secured; Fig. 3 is a section on the line L -a, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is asection on the line b-b, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the'strengthening member.V

The invention is illustrated in a sheet metal table but it is apparentthat itis not limited to this use. The table embodies, as wouldA any7article of furniture, a body portion which, in this instance, comprisesa top 1, of any suitable construction, and a rectan-l gular fra'mesecured to the top, such frame,

and having inwardly-turned flanges 2 along u its upper edge riveted at 3to .the top, the

lower edge of each side piece 4 of said frame having an inwardly-turnedflange 5 formed with an upwardly-turned iiange 6 atits outer' edge.

The legs are all the sameso a description of one will be suilicient forall. Each may be formed of sheet metal into tubular or hollow form inrectangular cross section, tapering from its upper to its lower-end. Theupper end of eachleg is cut away to provide a recess or pocket forreceiving one corner ofthe rectangular frame of the body. When the frameis in position, it does not fill up the upper ends of the legs byabutting the interior faces of said legs, as it is A desired that thelegs shall project out beulate a wooden construction, the edges of thecut-away portion' being the portions.

necting the side'pieces of the rectangular l framewith the inner faceVof the leg oppo-I site sald recess. No brod claim is made to thisfeature in this application as the sub- ]ect matter thereof is claimedin my applicatio'nfor Patent #731,534 filed on the 15th day of November,1912. This application being another vembodiment of the inventionclaimed in my application aforesaid. In

thisl instance, there is provided a Yfilling piece for the upper end ofthe, leg, this filling piece being in one rigid and preferably integralstructure and conforming generallyto the space between the side piecesof the ofsaid filling piece projecting downwardly into the leg below therecessed portion Vin order to obtain bearing below said recessedportion, thus giving great strength to the structure. IAs illustrated.this filling piece embodies a basel member 9 serving as a rest orsupport for the underside of the side pieces 4 and having extensions 10at three corners thereof to give suilicient Vbearing below the recess ofthe leg. Projecting up- 'bodyand the inner faces of the leg, a portionAwardly from the .base 9 is a frame of an-` gular construction cut awayat 11 to lighten the construction of the same and ribbed at 12, alongitstwo sides, corner and upper edge toY abut the inner face of the legoppo- 'site the recess vand particularly in the corners thereof. Theside pieces are preferably bolted to this filler near their lower edgesas at 13, while the upper end of the leg and the filler lie between theside pieces and an angle piecel or shoulder-14e secured to the underside of the top in' spaced relation to the outer face of the sidepieces. Thisfiller and a foot piece 15, fitted in the 4lower end of thehollow leg 8, are tied together by a tie rod l@ which is bent into ahook 17 interlocked at one end with a plate 18 abutting an internalshoulder 19 within the hollow foot piece la?, its other end being'passed through an opening $30 in the base member 9 and engaged by n.ynut 21. Itis apparent that by tying both the filler and the footy piecetogether, the iillerV is held tightly to the internal walls of the legwhile the shoulder' 2Q surrounding the foot piece is held in firmengagement with the lower end of the leg.

Furniture constructed in accordance with this invention has a verystrong and durable sheet metal leg'.I and the leg has the appeal ance ofa. wooden structure, yet it is much stronger than the latter.

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In furniture, the combination with a. hollow sheet metal leg having arecess at its upper end, of a rigid frame fitted in said leg and havingan abutment with the inner wall of the latter below the recess and alutment with said inner wall opposite the re cess'. said frame having aseat. and a body having anglilarly arranged outer faces abutting theframe and. the lower portions resting upon said seat.

2. In furniture, the combination with a hollow metal leg having a recessat its upper end, of a rigid frame embodying a base fitting in said legbelow the recess and a portion projecting upwardly from the base andabutting the inner wall of the legopposite the recess, and a bodyresting upon the base andihaving angularly arranged. outer facesabutting the upwardly projecting portion.

3. In furniture, a sheet metal leg of reetangular cross section havingone'corner recessed at its upper end, a frame having;r a portion fittingwithin the leg below the recess and an angular portion abutting theinner face of the leg opposite the recess and a body resting upon theportion of the frame below the recess and having angnlarly ar vrangedouter faces abutting the angular portion of the frame above the reces.

4. In furniture, the combination with a the under faces of the nir/deaf;

furniture body having a' pair of angularly arranged sides, of ahollow'sheet metal leg for supporting said body, said leg being recessedat its upper end and having the corner formed by the two side piecesarranged in said recess, and a filling piece arranged between the outerfaces of the side pieces and the inner wall of the'hollow leg, saidfilling piece having abutment with the inner all of the leg below therecess with the inner wall of the leg above the recess` with side piecesand with theoiiter faces of said side pieces.

7i. In 'furniturer` the combination with a forniture body having a pairof singularly wronged side pieces, of a hollow sheet metal egf forsupporting said body, said leg bein recessed at-its upper end and havingthe corner formed by the side pieces fitted in` the recess, and afilling piece having a base fitl cess and a portion projecting upwardlyfrom first named portion and abutting the inner face of the leg oppositethe recess7 a rod secured at one end to the filling and strengtheningpiece, and means for anchoring the other end of the .rod to the legbelow the said filling and strengthening piece.

' ENOCH OHNSTRAND.

Witnesses HAROLD H. SIMVMs', Grenen IV. Coornn,

